Cybernetics, Second Edition: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine - Softcover

Wiener, Norbert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 026273009X ISBN 13: 9780262730099

Publisher: Mit Pr, 1965

Synopsis

Acclaimed one of the "seminal books... comparable in ultimate importance to... Galileo or Malthus or Rousseau or Mill," Cybernetics was judged by twenty-seven historians, economists, educators, and philosophers to be one of those books published during the "past four decades," which may have a substantial impact on public thought and action in the years ahead.—Saturday Review

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About the Author

Norbert Wiener (1894–1964) served on the faculty in the Department of Mathematics at MIT from 1919 until his death. In 1963, he was awarded the National Medal of Science for his contributions to mathematics, engineering, and biological sciences. He was the author of many books, including Norbert Wiener―A Life in Cybernetics and the National Book Award-winning God & Golem, Inc.: A Comment on Certain Points Where Cybernetics Impinges on Religion (both published by the MIT Press).

Review

-- John B. Thurston, "The Saturday Review of Literature"

" It appers impossible for anyone seriously interested in our civilization to ignore this book. It is a ‘ must’ book for those in every branch of science . . . in addition, economists, politicians, statesmen, and businessmen cannot afford to overlook cybernetics and its tremendous, even terrifying implications. " It is a beautifully written book, lucid, direct, and despite its complexity, as readable by the layman as the trained scientist." -- John B. Thurston, "The Saturday Review of Literature"

& quot; It appers impossible for anyone seriously interested in our civilization to ignore this book. It is a & lsquo; must& rsquo; book for those in every branch of science . . . in addition, economists, politicians, statesmen, and businessmen cannot afford to overlook cybernetics and its tremendous, even terrifying implications. & quot; It is a beautifully written book, lucid, direct, and despite its complexity, as readable by the layman as the trained scientist.& quot; -- John B. Thurston, The Saturday Review of Literature

"It appers impossible for anyone seriously interested in our civilization to ignore this book. It is a 'must' book for those in every branch of science . . . in addition, economists, politicians, statesmen, and businessmen cannot afford to overlook cybernetics and its tremendous, even terrifying implications."It is a beautifully written book, lucid, direct, and despite its complexity, as readable by the layman as the trained scientist."--John B. Thurston, "The Saturday Review of Literature"

Edition details

• Publisher: Mit Pr
• Publication date: 1965
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 026273009X
• ISBN 13: 9780262730099
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 212